Queer: A Graphic History

Title: Queer: A Graphic History Author: Meg-John Barker ISBN: 9781785780714 Publisher: Icon Books Published: 2016 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Queer Studies 1683580 Publisher Description: 'Queer: A Graphic History Could Totally Change the Way You Think About Sex and Gender' Vice Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Jules Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged. Along the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what's 'normal